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Grateful Dead Live at Greek Theatre, University of California on 1984-07-13

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1984-07-13 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live Concert, audience, Jim Quirk, David Perez

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Item Size: 1.3G

Set 1

Bertha ->
Greatest Story Ever Told
Dire Wolf
C C Rider
Loser
Cassidy
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Hell In A Bucket ->
Might As Well

Set 2

Scarlet Begonias ->
Touch Of Grey ->
Fire On The Mountain ->
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Wheel ->
I Need A Miracle ->
Stella Blue ->
Sugar Magnolia

Encore
Dark Star

Notes

There is a level decrease in Bucket at 3:48 levels return to normal at 4:11.

Addeddate: 2008-02-23 21:09:32

Identifier: gd1984-07-13.beyerm160.quirk.perez.31989.sbeok.flac16

Lineage: MC>CDR>EAC>FLAC

Location: Berkeley, CA

Run time: 157:48.51

Source: FOB:2Beyer M160s>D5>MC

Taped by: Jim Quirk

Transferred by: David Perez

Type: sound

Venue: Greek Theatre, University of California

Year: 1984

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Reviews (9)

Reviewer: benmatz - May 11, 2015
Subject: Coverart

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Reviewer: Sparky_Bowls - - August 23, 2012
Subject: WHOOOOOOAAAAA!!!

HOLY DARK STAR! Great quality on this rip, also. KUDOS!

Reviewer: YossarianHunter - - January 19, 2012
Subject: who needs SBDs

when you've got AUDs like this?.. amazing sound, and thusfar (i'm 5 songs in) a pretty damn inspired performance... good stuff, real good stuff...

Reviewer: Mescolito - - April 13, 2010
Subject: Awesome show

@jjg4762, that was Calico... Now I'm wondering if I have the spelling right. I used to work with her at GDTS years ago, thick German accent, really cool ...

Reviewer: jjg4762 - - March 25, 2010
Subject: Dark Star

Ahhhhh the summer of 84 That was a special summer. Seems every time we turned around we got something new. From the Hult scarlet touch to the end of summer ...

Reviewer: Evan S. Hunt - - January 31, 2009
Subject: Mighty Swell

Excellent AUD of a dazzling show. Turn it up LOUD.

Reviewer: scarletgrey - - November 6, 2008
Subject: An Aloboma boy made it

got the ticket by the skin of my teeth. Got the stub!

Reviewer: gravyinthebeard - - April 18, 2008
Subject: midsummer's dream

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Reviewer: brendanmcauley - - March 1, 2008
Subject: THIS is the magic of the Dead

Darkstar on this night is eclipsed (no pun intended) only by the magic of Hampton 5 years later..but even still, this 'Dark Star" lives with me in imphamy ... as the tune that really got me into the Dead scene...I could really feel the energy in this song and this is the first time I have ever heard the audience version.
I have the ultra crispy board which is also here on the archive...this show and shows of similar runs in the 80's seem to present a unique and wonderful dead experience beyond what the 70's was able to muster (in tapes only as I saw my first show in 3/26/87-hartford). I love all of the 70's stuff, but these rocking mid 80's shows really are truthful in sound to my truest liking. I love the Cornell Scarlet>fire...but this scarlet>touch>fire rips the scene up big time. Let this be passage to thee who hears this show...listen child!~ Drakstar, at the Greek in the summer of '84- Berkeley style...this is the horsemouth of information, dudes...having just seen Phil Lesh there and the 'Comes a time' benefit in 2005 I can say that this venue is special.
You need not look beyond this Darkstar to understand the mysticism or relive the joy of what the dead are all about- I suppose, to me, it is just the memories of wonderful days gone by that live in this website and in other digital ways. The energy was high. The days were inspired and wonderful, with Jerry around.
But even still, I find that being able to harken back to these special moments and embodiments of the dead scene, provide the necessary spiritual conduit to the joys of the Dead scene. I say scene, but really, the music, and the effervescent personalities which roamed the knooks and crannys of every day life but emerged, ready, for what the scene could bring to them, upn return to their homes. To me, this Greek show, is the true coming of the dead in my life as I grew up a young kid in the 80's. Eventually, I would see 99 shows and tour accross the country, but this show embodied the desire to do that- this show was my kool-aide to the dead scene- this show was the show that got me hooked on the dead big time! Also, then, the will as well as the integrity of the visiion I had of a journey beyond the norm, to a new land of touring and academia. This performance, as I only know in sound, as I was not there, must be heard by anyone who does not understand what I have wriiten above here- even you Dan Chapman!
This performance is the absolute baptism into the dead of the mid 80's. If you have not heard this show, then you must listen to this version as well as the sbd version. This show, in all its glory, has the power to lift thyself and show the listener- simply by hearing darkstar, why Jerry Garcia is and always will be be, in my eyes, the greatest guitarist and ASRTIST ever in the histoy of the world- both pre and post renessainnce. Jerry is the number one best artist and best over all person in the history of not only rock and roll, but of the universe itself. To understand him is to understand the majic of the notes of dardstar as they teather themselves to the ears of the virgin listener who is so lucky to happen upon them...Magical day Magical Band, heart of gold band... fantastic audience quality, okay so I got pretty carried away...just check it out it is totally hot!!! How great thou art...

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